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足

zú

HSK 2 Character

What 足 means

1. bound formfoot; leg
2. sufficient; ample
3. as much as; fully

Other readings

足 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jùexcessive

Example sentences

• 知足常乐。
  Zhīzúchánglè.
  Happy is the man who is contented.
• 我踢足球。
  I play football.
• 您远足吗？
  Do you hike?
• 他酷爱足球。
  Tā kù'ài zúqiú.
  He's crazy about soccer.
• 去踢足球吧。
  Let's play soccer.
• 你踢足球吗?
  Do you play soccer?

Words starting with 足

• 足以zú yǐsufficient to...; so much so that; so that
• 足球zú qiúsoccer; football; a soccer ball; a football
• 足够zú gòuenough; sufficient
• 足足zú zúfully; no less than; as much as
• 足迹zú jìfootprint; track; spoor
• 足协zú xiésoccer association; soccer federation (abbr. for 足球协会
• 足球场zú qiú chǎngfootball field; soccer field
• 足球赛zú qiú sàisoccer match; soccer competition
• 足见zú jiànit goes to show that; one can see
• 足坛zú tánsoccer circles; soccer world
• 足球队zú qiú duìsoccer team
• 足下zú xiàyou (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation); below the foot
• 足不出户zú bù chū hù(idiom) to not leave one's home; to stay indoors
• 足额zú ésufficient; full (payment)
• 足利Zú lìAshikaga (Japanese surname and place name)
• 足控zú kòng(slang) foot fetishist
• 足月zú yuèfull-term (gestation)
• 足本zú běnunabridged; complete book
• 足色zú sè(gold or silver) of standard purity; (fig.) fine
• 足量zú liàngsufficient amount; full amount
• 足金zú jīnpure gold; solid gold
• 足印zú yìnfootprint
• 足利义政Zú lì Yì zhèngASHIKAGA Yoshimasa (1435-1490), eighth Ashikaga shōgun, reigned 1449-1473
• 足球协会zú qiú xié huìsoccer association; soccer federation

Words containing 足

• 满足mǎn zúto satisfy; to meet (the needs of); satisfied
• 不足bù zúinsufficient; lacking; deficiency
• 十足shí zúample; complete; hundred percent
• 充足chōng zúadequate; sufficient; abundant
• 立足lì zúto stand; to have a footing; to be established
• 微不足道wēi bù zú dào(idiom) negligible; insignificant
• 举足轻重jǔ zú qīng zhòngto play a critical role (idiom); influential
• 画蛇添足huà shé tiān zúlit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous…
• 知足常乐zhī zú cháng lèsatisfied with what one has (idiom)
• 知足zhī zúcontent with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness)
• 心满意足xīn mǎn yì zúperfectly contented (idiom); perfectly satisfied
• 驻足zhù zúto stop (walking); to halt
• 涉足shè zúto set foot in; to step into; to become involved for the first time
• 手足无措shǒu zú wú cuòat a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered
• 手舞足蹈shǒu wǔ zú dǎolit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom); fig. to dance about…
• 手足shǒu zúhands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices
• 富足fù zúrich; plentiful
• 失足shī zúto lose one's footing; to slip; to take a wrong step in life
• 长足cháng zúremarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
• 不足为奇bù zú wéi qínot at all surprising (idiom)
• 满足感mǎn zú gǎnsense of satisfaction
• 举手投足jǔ shǒu tóu zúone's every movement (idiom); comportment; gestures
• 女足nǚ zúwomen's soccer; women's football; women's soccer team
• 酒足饭饱jiǔ zú fàn bǎoto have eaten and drunk to one's heart's content

Characters built on 口

These share the phonetic component 口 (kǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 束shùto bind; bunch; bundle
• 古gǔancient; old; paleo-
• 呼hūto call; to cry; to shout
• 吁yùto implore
• 句jùsentence; clause; phrase
• 吐tùto vomit; to throw up

Characters that look like 足

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 果guǒfruit; result; resolute
• 采cǎito pick; to pluck; to collect
• 束shùto bind; bunch; bundle
• 屁pìfart; flatulence; nonsense
• 尾wěitail; remainder; remnant
• 戾lìto bend; to violate; to go against

Sounds the same

Read zú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 族race; nationality; ethnicity
• 卒soldier; servant; to finish
• 镞arrowhead; sharp
• 哫to cajole
• 崒rocky peaks; lofty and dangerous
• 卆variant of 卒; to die